Hard Boiled (Two-Disc Ultimate Edition)

Reviewed by:
Gene Newman

If you've never seen Hard Boiled, then you can't consider yourself a man. This Hong Kong action classic, directed by John Woo and starring Chow Yun-Fat, is flat-out insane—only rivaled by Woo's other classic The Killer. Yun-Fat is a badass cop named Tequila who teams up with a badass undercover agent to blast the hell out of gun smugglers. The ultraviolence is artful, culminating with the hero walking through a hospital, surrounded by corpses and blasting away bad guys while holding a baby. Up until now, buying Hard Boiled on DVD was a huge pain in the ass, so big-ups to Dragon Dynasty for not only making it available, but giving it the special-edition treatment with an extra disc full of special features. They've made a habit out of cleaning up martial arts action classics and releasing them on DVD, so be sure to check out their roster. If they keep it up we may add them to our list of Greatest Movie Dragons

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